Table 2 Body perception and body mass index by gender and ethnic background (%) a
| Â | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Hispanic | African-American | Non-Hispanic White | Hispanic | African-American | Non-Hispanic White |
|  | N = 1315 | N = 1290 | N = 3484 | N = 1479 | N = 1626 | N = 3771 |
BMI | ||||||
 Missing | 18.2 | 21.0 | 8.2 | 20.0 | 17.4 | 9.1 |
 Reported | 81.8 | 79.0 | 91.8 | 80.0 | 82.6 | 90.9 |
BMIZ | ||||||
 <85th pct | 60.7 | 68.1 | 72.0 | 72.0 | 67.6 | 82.3 |
 ≥85th pct | 39.3 | 31.9 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 32.4 | 17.7 |
BMIZ | ||||||
 <90th pct | 70.1 | 75.0 | 79.2 | 80.1 | 75.7 | 87.7 |
 ≥90th pct | 29.9 | 25.0 | 20.8 | 19.9 | 24.3 | 12.3 |
BMIZ | ||||||
 <10th pct | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 9.8 |
 ≥10th pct | 93.4 | 93.5 | 92.1 | 93.4 | 94.8 | 90.2 |
Appearance | ||||||
 Very good | 22.5 | 44.2 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 48.0 | 12.8 |
 Quite good | 24.3 | 25.3 | 24.2 | 26.3 | 25.0 | 25.4 |
 About average | 43.9 | 27.7 | 45.8 | 42.3 | 23.3 | 49.9 |
 Not very good | 6.4 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 8.3 |
 Not at all good | 2.9 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
Body Satisfaction | ||||||
 Much too thin | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
 A bit too thin | 11.2 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 8.4 | 10.8 | 7.3 |
 About the right size | 54.8 | 62.7 | 57.2 | 49.5 | 56.9 | 51.7 |
 A bit too fat | 28.5 | 16.9 | 22.7 | 33.7 | 24.5 | 33.8 |
 Much too fat | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.7 |